Ranking Hong Kong Movies I've Seen
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- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungSiu Ping-LamTwo neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.Intertwining love story about two lovebirds who share deep feelings for one another but can't express it due to their compromising marriage and unfaithful partners
- DirectorWilson YipStarsDonnie YenSimon YamSiu-Wong FanDuring the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive.The life of Ip Man's early years: him defending challenges from neighboring dojos during the peace era , and him defending Chinese honor by defeating Japanese soldiers and their general in martial arts battles
Features: showdown with Master Liu, showdowns in courtyard with students, challenge by Northern fu rival, martial struggles, Japanese death matches for rice, Liu shot, Ip-man 10 man showdown, battles in the cotton mill, escaping from pursing martial officers, and final showdown with Japanese General aka the Combo Highlight Reel - DirectorJohnnie ToStarsLouis KooAaron KwokCherrie YingA former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.A tribute to Sanshiro Sugata by the legend Kurosawa
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A washed-up Judo champion is spending his remaining days boozed up, gambling, and racking up debt . A young Judo student addicted to fighting challenges the washed-up legend and promises to never leave his sight until he accepts his challenge
Mr. Washed life is changed drastically when old ghosts from his past reappear into his life; former judo challenger turned yakuza, his old master, and a hardened rival who's fight he ducked over 2 years ago .
He's joined by the new ambitious challenger and a young lady singer (equally as broke as Mr. Washed) as his two companions who slowly begin to revive the old champ within ..
Redemption tale
Features: Challenger hustling club bouncer in flipping contest, fighting Mr. Washed bodyguard, swipe scene in arcade, challenger roughing up Mr. Washed after scandal, massive judo club fight among many individuals, challenger taking on the rival, gambling card games, challenger and Mr. Washed training to reach their peak , final showdown between Washed and his Greatest Rival
Classic Johnnie To - minus the guns - Judo style
9.5/10 - DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsBrigitte LinTakeshi KaneshiroTony Leung Chiu-waiTwo melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.Two recently dumped Cops fall for two tsunderes in this colorful surreal romantic comedy
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsBrigitte LinMaggie CheungLeslie CheungA broken-hearted hit man moves to the desert where he finds skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings.The movie that inspired the Korean "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter .. Spring" ,,, travels through the seasons, moods, memories, and loves of a heartbroken middleman for hit-men
- DirectorJohnnie ToStarsLouis KooSimon YamNick CheungAs election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.aka Election 2 -- continuation of crime drama
It's Election time again , and this time the lead candidates are Kun - the Baton retriever who served jail time for running over cop , and Jimmy - the leading money-maker in the Wo-Sing and Society Favorite ..
Jimmy doesn't want to run for prez , he wants to go clean as a businessman . But after getting busted in undercover sting, he's coerced by the head Inspector to become the new Chairman if he has any dreams of running business on his grounds .
Lok on the other hand , doesn't want to give up power either ,, and is plotting a second term which is against Society rules ... As the time ticks closer things get more and more antsy
Features: Jimmy contracting, nightclub expose, and diner bust,, Lok talking Jet and Kun to do his dirt for next-term promises, Kun and Lok pond face-off/alliance, Mr. Kwon kidnapping, Jimmy hires bodyguard, Uncle killing, Jet/Jim stand-off, Jimmy going butcher crazy with canines, Lok murder, Kun chase scene and Mr. Kwon breakout, election time, final words from Inspector .. Election 3???
9/10 - DirectorBaz PoonpiriyaStarsChutimon ChuengcharoensukyingEisaya HosuwanTeeradon SupapunpinyoLynn, a genius high school student who makes money by cheating tests, receives a new task that leads her to set foot on Sydney, Australia. In order to complete the millions-Baht task, Lynn and her classmates have to finish the international STIC(SAT) exam and deliver the answers back to her friends in Thailand before the exam takes place once again in her home country.Very entertaining movie about a genius hustling her straight A's for hard cash .. Both intelligent and original , Highly recommended
Lynn transfers to the top graduate school in her country and all of her classmates are full of idiots, but one thing they all have in common is they're rich . Lynn sets up an elaborate "cheat" system: she assigns the answers to piano musical notes she taps out on the desk. Of course the idiots blow up her spot and the operation goes to ruin.
Senior year rolls around and the kids once again recruit Lynn to "cheat" on the biggest exam in the country , the STIC. She recruits fellow genius Bank , and the two set out to swindle the biggest exam heads in the nation - DirectorAndrew LauAlan MakStarsAndy LauTony Leung Chiu-waiAnthony Chau-Sang WongA story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.The movie that inspired "The Departed" - which basically copied this movie from scene to scene to murder to murder
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Tale follows two cadet school trainees , one becoming an investigative cop and one being an undercover . Assigned to arrest the Triad Kingpin - with moles on both sides things get complicated between both parties .
It's a race against time to see who can reveal who's identity , with the stakes getting higher each passing day ...
Features: first drug sting where both parties realized they were compromised, Yan's identity getting exposed on morse code discovery, police chief thrown off roof, second sting in parking garage, final showdown in elevator
9/10 - DirectorJohn WooStarsLung TiLeslie CheungChow Yun-FatA reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.They say this the first to create the crime jazz shoot-em-up gangsta drama , and it's still a classic to this day .
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Story follows two Triad counterfeiter's, Mark and Ho, Ho's inspector brother Sung, and their rookie partner turned traitor Shing . Ho is given a money deal in Taiwan which turns out to be staged assassination. Ho manages to escape but has to spend 3 years behind Taiwan's prison bars.
Before Ho leaves for his business deal he promises his father he'll go straight ; his brother who's newly promoted to inspector has no idea what Ho does for a living. After a botched kidnapping, their father is killed by an assassin and Sung promises to never forgive his brother .
3 years past, and Ho is living the clean life in the taxi business . He goes searching for his friend Mark and discovers he's both a cripple and been reduced to a servant-boy under Shing. Shing is the new leader of the Triads, the center of police surveillance, and the initiator of many problems coming for Ho.
Shing sets up Sung (who's investigating case), destroys the taxi stand, and beats Mark to a bloody plup .. Mark, thirsty for revenge, kidnaps incriminating evidence on the Triad's counterfeiting business and holds it ransom unless Shing pays 2mil. Sung, hungry both to bring Shing down and payback his brother, gets the drop on the final meet down and decides to crash the party ..
The Final Showdown Ensues
Features: counterfeit BTS, shootout in Taiwan, Mark shootout in restaurant, kidnap attempt in apartment, Sung set-up, Mark mugging, captivating speeches on drinking urine and glory days and sibling bonding, shootout over tape, Mr. Yin killing, final showdown in shipping yard
8.5/10 - DirectorJing WongStarsChow Yun-FatAndy LauJoey WangA master gambler loses his memory and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.If this is inspired by "The Color of Money" then Andy Lau would be Tom Cruise ..
Three part movie: First part introducing Ko Chun and getting gambling proposition from Wang to take down Chan .. Second part Ko Chun gambling adventures with Knife, whom is responsible for Ko Chun's memory loss .. Third part Ko Chun getting his sauce back and reestablishing himself as the God of Gamblers
Fun gambling movie with some action scenes and slapstick comedy sprinkled inbetween
8.5/10 - DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiZiyi ZhangFaye WongSeveral women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.Sequel to "In the Mood to Love" ... and loose spin-off of the main from "Days of Being Wild"
Follows the Tales of the Writer Chow and his future Love Interests ..
Chow is now a bachelor and a commercial success. He moves back to Hong Kong because its a bigger market. He starts to have relations with his hotel neighbor - keeping it discreet at the same time. It lasts a year ...
He falls for the hotel's owners daughter because she too, is a writer. She begins helping him proof read some novels and it reminds him of a former love from his past ..
He decides to write a book "2046" describing a situation if he , was to be his new flame's boyfriend, fore his new flame is already in love with a Japanese man. In time he realizes the book was a cry out to regain his love and memories lost of Maggie Cheung, the woman of his past .....
It flashes back to night Maggie visited him in Singapore a left with her slippers . The writer had hit a slump on his missed opportunity and began hitting gambling halls. While there he ran into a mysterious woman who shared the same name as the woman he loved - Su Li-zhen. She helps him clear his debt and the two fall in love .. or so it seems . - DirectorJohnnie ToStarsJohnny HallydayAnthony Chau-Sang WongSimon YamA French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.Karmic collection of the hunter's being hunted . The final movie of his Brotherhood of Assassin's Trilogy .
A woman and her family is murdered , and she makes a dying wish to her father to avenge her . The father (who suffers from memory loss) hires hitmen to assist him .
Half shootout action , half mystery movie as they must solve this unknown assassination ... Story setting shifts from the Bright City Lights of Macau , to the underground of Hong Kong , to the familiar home of Wo and his wife from "Exiled" , where the final shootout begins ..
Features: assassination in French home, Costello discovering the hitmen after hit in hotel, bonding moments over precision gun-play, shootout in park with rival hitmen, betraying their boss and getting exposed, shootout in apartments, shootout in uncle's open field, final shootout in "Exiled" stomping grounds - DirectorJohnnie ToStarsRichie JenKelly ChenNick CheungAfter a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.Media stunt movie surrounding cops tracking down robbers , everything taking place in a day .
A bank heist in broad daylight leads to a shootout in busy streets and the suspects getting away . A highly dutiful inspector makes it his mission to arrest the criminals , and tracks them down in a highly populated high-rise apartment
Same time , police headquarters hires outside media to record and capture the live event , fore these criminals embarrassed the lack of discipline in the force during their escape . They hire the media to "clean their image"
Meanwhile, as the task force closes in on the robbers in the apartment , contract killers are also hiding out in the complex . Believing the cops are after them , they join the sides of the robbers and storm into the fray .
Will the criminals be able to escape the complex and elude the media at the same time ? - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsJet LiTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungA defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeslie CheungTony Leung Chiu-waiChang ChenA couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.Two male lovers go through cycles of dependency upon one another
- DirectorFruit ChanStarsSam LeeNeiky Hui-Chi YimWenders LiAutumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence.WKW Christopher Doyle art direction as a Young Triad
- DirectorRonny YuStarsJet LiLi SunYong DongA biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.Based on true story
A Confucius wusha warrior kills a fellow wusha master in his town and his avenger kills his family . As a redemption for his power hunger without valuing life , he exiles himself in a village to reteach himself all his practices. When he returns home his land has been colonized and the Westerns claim they can beat any Chinese man . Huo Yuanjia accepts the challenge and the rest is history - DirectorAndrew LauAlan MakStarsEdison ChenShawn YueAnthony Chau-Sang WongIn this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.The prequel of Infernal Affairs ...
Inspector Wong wants Sam to be the new leader of the Triads, and conspires with Sam's wife to assassinate Father Ngai ,, but doesn't take into account Hau Ngai (the middle son) has the balls to take over the Triads himself ..
He blackmails the other Triad leaders into working for him , with Sam as his right-hand man .. Officer Lau is climbing the ranks within the agency and Officer Yan gets exposed for being the youngest son in the Ngai family .. Determined to be a cop and put his family name behind him, he agrees to become an undercover to take down his older brother .
Hau Ngai learns Sam's wife and the police were behind his father's killing , and orders hits out on them . He decides to take out Sam and the Five Triad Heads for safe measures ensuring his family will have power in the long run . Sam gets tipped off there's a hit on his head and makes alliances with Thailand ..
Fast forward some years and Sam is ready to testify against Hau Ngai and have him prosecuted .. But before that, they share a few last words with hostage negotiations on the table - DirectorJackie ChanChi-Hwa ChenStarsJackie ChanMaggie CheungBrigitte LinA virtuous Hong Kong Police Officer must clear his good name when the drug lord he is after frames him for the murder of a dirty cop.Action-comedy done right
Jackie and cops take down a crime lord with insufficient evidence so he's bound to make bail. Jackie gets assigned to look after crime boss girlfriend Bridgette , while juggling girlfriend Maggie himself.
Features: stakeout turned shootout/chase scene in villas, bodyguarding Selina, some cakes to the face, court trial with blundered audio, phone hookie humor, breaking Selina out set trap, framed murder on cop, Jackie taking chief hostage, final showdown in shopping mall - DirectorJohnnie ToStarsAnthony Chau-Sang WongFrancis NgJackie Chung-yin LuiTriad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination, hires five killers for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung gives a special order.The First movie of his Brotherhood of Assassin's Trilogy
Tale of Brotherhood surrounding 5 hitmen who's been tasked to bodyguard a Triad Leader . They must find the conspirator and eliminate him. Later, they're put in a jam when the youngest member of the crew has an affair with the Boss's wife .
Features: assassination attempt in beginning, snipers in parking lot, helping "clear" hitmen debts, shootout in mall, shootout in the fields and warehouse, final showdown in restaurant at end - DirectorJohn WooStarsChow Yun-FatDanny LeeSally YehA disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.A Hit-man takes a job offer from his boss to take out a drug kingpin. He succeeds at the price of getting double-crossed and now he has a try-hard cop riding his tail. He's on a mission to track down his employers and get his money - all for sake of eye surgery for a woman he blinded in a hit 6 months prior.
Heavily influenced by Melville's "Le Samourai" - DirectorJohnnie ToKa-Fai WaiStarsChing Wan LauAndy OnKa-Tung LamA rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.A washed up deranged detective who believes he sees ghosts and inner personalities get invited to solve a new case by a rookie cop who's way over his head:
A cop has been missing for 18 months after a botched arrest in the woods. But his gun was taken by the suspect and used in multiple armed robberies, some of which resulted in murder ..
Everybody is on the case to find the missing cop , and the crazy detective believes he's the man who can solve the case
Features: opener in woods, showdown in restaurant bathroom, investigating by means of assuming the identity of the person; sleep in hole in woods, impersonates officers,,, framing in apartment, epic mexican-standoff finale - DirectorJohn WooStarsLeslie CheungChow Yun-FatLung TiA restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.Second installment of A Better Tomorrow , with more bloody shootouts and highly explosive finale
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Ho is released from jail to help his brother with an undercover operation: a new counterfeit ring has sprung up in H.K. and Ho's former mentor Lung is suspected of being the ring leader. As the brother get close to Lung they discover he is not the leader, but the victim of money sharks trying to take over his legitimate business.
After a staged killing in the ballroom, Lung is now wanted by police and hides in New York for things to settle down. Ko, his biz partner, orders for the murder of Lung's family - sending Lung down a spiral of depression .
Ken, twin brother of Mark and on run from Mafia, discovers hitmen are after his mentor and teams with him to avenge his daughter. They return to H.K. and join the brothers in taking down Ko's operation.
After the murder of little bro , the entire squad vows revenge by any means necessary for the stolen life's of their loved ones ...
Features: Scarface inspired shooter villain, staged killings in ballroom, Peggy's assassination, Mafia altercation in restaurant, hitmen sent to N.Y. to assassinate Lung, Lung and Ken escape from Mafia shootout in apartment, shootout at botched counterfeit deal, Sung set-up, Sung and Scarface stand-off, Final showdown in mansion; Ken setting off bombs, Lung and Ho shooting teamwork, Ken and Scarface standoff, final kill and cool closure as they wait for cops - DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireStarsJoe ColeVithaya PansringarmCherry MikoThe true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.Ruthless more than anything . Feels like the whole movie was shot on a 50mm lens
Follows a boxer hooked on heroin journey in a Thai prison. Adventures with his inmate gang, romance with prison girl, and his escape through boxing and violence when as he suffers withdrawals from his fix
Features: hardcore prison rape scene , random scenes of male backside - DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanStarsDonnie YenTakeshi KaneshiroTang WeiA papermaker gets involved with a murder case concerning two criminals leading to a determined detective suspecting him and the former's vicious father searching for him.
- DirectorJohnnie ToStarsNick CheungAnthony Chau-Sang WongFrancis NgA friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.Second movie in Brotherhood of Assassin's Trilogy
Tale of Brotherhood following two duos of henchmen - two sent to kill and two sent to protect - helping their old hitman friend complete one last job so he leaves money behind for his family ..
First Part follows henchmen protecting Wo
Second Part follows henchmen exile and search for gold
Features: Introductory shootout between Wo and hitmen, Restaurant shootout after Wo and Kang shand-off, shootout at underground hospital, Wife going crazy, Gold field shootout, final showdown in hotel for exchange - DirectorJohnnie ToStarsAndy LauChing Wan LauYoYo MungPolice inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer-suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime Syndicates.A mastermind criminal is diagnosed with a terminal cancer and has 3 days left to live . He decides to spend his remaining days avenging his father over a stolen diamond and playing a cat-and-mouse game with the smartest detective/negotiator on the force .
Classic Johnnie To elements of men on opposite sides of the law befriending each other to take down each other's rival . Even features a side love story for a final chance of romance before death
Features: cracking bank heist in beginning, hedge fund heist to draw detectives attention, diamond exchange shootout, diamond robbery and street shootout, cop-robber bonding in car hold-ups and bar, exchange showdown in bowling alley - DirectorJohn WooStarsLeslie CheungChow Yun-FatCherie ChungA romantic and action packed story of three best friends, a group of high end art thieves, who come into trouble when a love-triangle forms between them.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsChow Yun-FatTony Leung Chiu-waiTeresa MoA tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.An undercover cop and hired hitman is in the middle of a Triad turf war .. and a trigger-happy cop is leading the investigation after his partner gets killed ..
Rumor has it over 200 people were killed in this movie .. highly plausible
Features: bird-cage shootout, John Woo drinking sessions, hit in library, outdoor confrontation at diner, Triad war in freighter and car garage, trigger-happy joining the party gun blazing,, mexican staredown, killing the mole who exposed hospital schemes, final showdowns in hospital - two hitmen shootout, cop tech movement as they body Triads, basement shootout with gun stash, hostage situation, basement explosion, killing cops as they arrive on scene, killing civilians mistaken as undercovers, and final draw in parking lot - DirectorJason KwanJing WongAman ChangStarsDonnie YenAndy LauPhilip KeungAn illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, transforming himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeslie CheungMaggie CheungAndy LauA man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.Follows a young bachelor life spiraling downhill as he toys with girls emotions while searching for his abandoned mother
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeon LaiMichelle ReisTakeshi KaneshiroThis Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner."Chungking Express" Featuring Ultra-coolness, assassins, a talkless former convict community helper, Blondies, and motorcycles
- DirectorJohnnie ToStarsLouis KooHonglei SunYi HuangA drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.Hong Kong DEA are cracking down on the shipments of powder through their city . Luckily they get their hands on one of the major pushers , and after threatening him with the death penalty he decides to help the cops to save his own neck .
Features: Chase-scene in intro introducing task force, impersonation techniques, organized shootout with deaf/mute hitmen, shootout at train station, final shootout around the megabus - DirectorJing WongStarsAndy LauStephen ChowMan-Tat NgMulti talented Cho wants to learn from the God of Gamblers and contacts his disciple. They are attacked by a crime boss with a plan to misuse GoG's good name to make millions.Spin-off (unofficial sequel) to GOG1
"The Saint" (introduced in All for the Winner) searches for the GOG, who's on vacation in S. America . He comes across his apprentice, Knife, the new "Knight of Gambling" and challenges him to some magic card games to prove he's worthy to be trained ..
Meanwhile Tai-Kun, the godson of evil Chan, wants revenge for his family by taking down the GOG name . He orders hitmen to eliminate The Knight, and kidnaps Dragon and Saint's Uncle in the process .
Saint and Knight join forces to take down Tai-Kun who's stolen the title of their name and using it to swindle rich people of their money . They're teamed with the beautiful Dream Lo and Kowloon to rescue their friends and expose Tai-Kun during his infamous "King of Cards" showdown featuring the best gamblers in the land
All the final yacht gambling scenes are epic - DirectorJohnnie ToStarsChing Wan LauRichie JenDenise HoThree people - a criminal, a bank officer and a cop - end up in a catastrophic situation in the midst of a global economical crisis and are forced to betray any morals and principles to solve their financial problems.Crime drama surrounding financial crisis's , with classic Johnnie To themes ...
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Movie follows multiple characters (officer, bank clerk, gangster) connected to a loan shark's death . 10 million dollars are missing in the process ..
Same time officer's wife and their foster child are looking for a home in an unstable housing market.. The bank clerk is signing people up for high-risk investments that are bound to fail.. And the gangster has luck for being the bail-out service boy , sole purpose to bail other gangsters out of the trouble they cause for themselves ..
Some investigating, robberies, car break-ins, funny police arrests, rose-petal daggers, stolen money femme ...... Johnnie To elements ..
7/10 - DirectorJohnnie ToKa-Fai WaiStarsAndy LauCecilia CheungEddie CheungA monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people's lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny.Johnnie To supernatural film with some Buddhist elements. Two-part movie first part they are catching Indian murderer, second-part reveals Big past and the secret behind Sun-Ko
- DirectorJevons AuFrank HuiVicky WongStarsRichie JenJordan ChanKa-Tung LamIn early 1997, mobsters Kwai Ching-hung, Yip Kwok-foon and Cheuk Tze-keung, whom have never met one another, are all in Hong Kong. Thereafter, rumour has it that Hong Kong's three most notorious mobsters, known in the underworld as the "Three Kings of Thieves", are plotting together to score a final hit before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong. However, none are initially aware of the rumour. Yip is living as a fugitive after a gunfight with the Royal Hong Kong Police. He now makes his fortunes by smuggling counterfeit electronics. Powerful and prestigious in the past, Yip must now grovel to high Chinese officials. Although successful in his business, he becomes depressed. When the rumour comes to him, he feels the urge to give up everything and pick up his gun once again to join forces with the others. Kwai is very cautious and uses several pseudonyms to hide his identity. Although the scale of his crimes is nowhere as large as Yip's and Cheuk's, but he has managed to commit repeated robberies that are totally unknown to the police. Small-scale robberies, which have become his expertise, have minimal risk but also little profit. As he hears of the rumour, he realizes that he will make a large fortune by collaborating with Yip and Cheuk. He initially restrains himself and chooses to ignore it. However, Cheuk begins to have second thoughts. Cheuk has recently abducted the son of a rich tycoon and successfully extorted a ransom, all while under police surveillance. Wanting to raise the bar for himself, he hears about the rumour and becomes obsessed with the idea, going to extreme lengths to seek out Yip and Kwai.Gritty Johnnie To inspired gangster film following three criminals, The Kings of Thieves, passed their prime wanting to relive their glory days with one final heist after a rumor spreads in the underworld about their fated reunion .
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Kwai , an identity thief, lives his life under multiple aliases and is wanted for the murder of three officers three years ago . He camps out at his old partners house and plots on robbing a Gold Shop when he catches wind of the rumor ..
Yip , and his band of bandits , have been in hiding since a bank robbery turned shootout with police . He and his boys have gone legit and sell cheap electronics when they catch wind of the rumor ..
Cheuk is a loud and brazen mobster who kidnaps high-power people and holds them for ransom . He grows bored of his mundane criminal life and wishes for new excitement , when he catches wind of the rumor ..
Cheuk put the word out in the street he's looking for Yip and Kwai , and he pays for information . Kwai, realizing petty robberies will get him nowhere , he decides to get in contact with Cheuk and accept his offer . Yip , after being disrespected by multiple groups of authority who are unaware of his dark past , decides to pick up the AK once again .. - DirectorJohn WooStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiJacky CheungWaise LeeWhen three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.Three friends want out of Hong Kong and make it big overseas. After a beating turned murder they get their wish and must flee to Vietnam. The war is happening and there's anarchy on the streets , the only way to gain power is through a gun. With the help of Luke , the three friends get lots of guns, do big heists, and play Romeo in their spare time . But when a crate of gold falls in one of the friends lap , things get messy between the friendship .
Some say this is the true A Better Tomorrow 3 , but I say this is John Woo's cry out to Hark Tsui for hijacking his franchise and jeopardizing their friendship. This is definitely his heaviest movie , like pressing a weight on your soul. - DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatYueh SunDanny LeeAn undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.After the death of an undercover cop, the Chief Inspector gets his nephew (also an undercover) on the job. The target is a band of armed jewelry thieves. On top of this the police have hired a new investigation team to help on the job, and they interfere with Chief Inspectors work. Nephew, haunted by the past of a criminal he once befriended then betrayed, doesn't want to do the job for fear the same will happen again. The ending has heavily influenced Reservoir Dogs
Features: cop killing in beginning, Ko Chow and girlfriend relationship difficulties, jewel heist turned shootout in mall, Ko Chow befriending Tiger and gang, armed deal in graveyard, showdown in bowling alley, police tracking Ko Chow, police brutality in station, Final Jewel heist; shootout in street, shootout in warehouse, mexican standoff(s) finale - DirectorJing WongStarsChow Yun-FatTony Ka Fai LeungChien-Lien WuKo Chun vows to keep his identity hidden while looking for the gangsters who murdered his pregnant wife, in Wong Jing's sequel to his action/comedy classic.Supernatural Gambling movie - Anime inspired
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiZiyi ZhangJin ZhangThe story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.Filled with Buddhic Quotes, Slow-motion stylized martial arts, and a romance continuing from 2046
- DirectorZhangke JiaStarsWu JiangBaoqiang WangTao ZhaoFour independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.Beautiful movie about living at the bottom of the economic class may lead to random violent acts of aggression - as your only way of releasing the anger inside - , it was close but didn't quite make it ..
Story could have been told more visually , with less but useful dialogue , as the cinematography and beauty within the scenes are amazing . But like most art-houses the story doesn't fully add up .
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Part 1: A man living in a village getting drained by the coal mine industry reaches his ultimate limit - and takes out everyone involved in the corporate scandal
8/10
Part 2: A motorcyclist with an excitement to gun violence ; sibling in an aging family, he "robs" people as his way of making a living
5/10
Part 3: A woman is having an affair with a married man but calls it quits for fear it'll ruin her image . Being false accused for being a slut , she makes a drastic decision.
6.5/10
Part 4: A kid gets blamed for injuring a coworker and has to pay his debt through checks for the next 100 days . He calls quits instead and decides to fall in love with a sex worker during his free time . When his life reaches a dead end he decides to end it there .
7.5/10
Overall
7/10
6/10 Script
9/10 Level of Violence
11/10 Violence Shock Value (Realism of Violence)
100/10 Beauty of the Cinematography - DirectorAndrew LauAlan MakStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiAndy LauLeon LaiMonths after the events of the original film, Ming suspects a police superintendent as being a new mole for the triads, while years earlier, Yan embarks on his first mission.Final movie in I.A. Trilogy
Movie shows the 6 months leading up to Yan’s death: funny moments with Boss Tsui, romantic moments with his therapist, and Sam sending him on dangerous missions – suspicious of Yan’s past connected with the Ngai. Yan is in the arms trade with Shen and investigated by Yeung, Sam’s new “mole”.
Movie also follows present moments of Inspector Ming coping with Yan’s death and his wife’s divorce. He has psychotic episodes where he believes he is Yan trying to right the wrong of his death. I.A. tells him to investigate Yeung after officers suspicious of being Sam’s mole wind up dead. They’re led to believe Yeung is also a mole covering up Sam’s tracks. Along with Ming learning Yan’s profile from his therapist, Ming begins to investigate Yeung as if he is Yan, and hallucinates he is Yan .. - DirectorAng LeeStarsChow Yun-FatMichelle YeohZiyi ZhangA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
- DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsTadanobu AsanoSinitta BoonyasakTakashi MiikeA suicidal, obsessively compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to lie low in Thailand with a pot-smoking woman coping with the recent loss of her sister.Librarian with gangster affiliations whom is obsessed with suicide becomes infatuated with a young Thai girl after bonding over her sister's car accident . Takashi Miike makes a cameo
- DirectorJohnnie ToStarsLouis KooSuet LamTony Ka Fai LeungRival gang leaders are locked in a struggle to become the new chairman of Hong Kong's Triad society.Johnnie To crime drama surrounding the hierarchy of Triad family
Follows the election process of two lead candidates: Big D - a veteran, tough, aggressive, power driven; and Lok - calm, respectable, more giving, family oriented.
Big D pays off Uncles to support him , and when the voting comes up short things get testy
Features: pay-offs, election process, Uncle kidnappings and chairman threats, a search for the Family Baton, police raid and jail hostility, joining of leaders, taking over turf, final killing - DirectorJohnnie ToKa-Fai WaiStarsAndy LauTakashi SorimachiKelly LinTwo very different hitmen find themselves to be in each other's way. They use all their skill to solve the problem.Rivalry tale between an upcoming flashy assassin attempting to take the crown from Hong Kong #1 assassin . But things begin to get personal when the flashy assassin decides to seduce and take away the woman Mr. #1 has watched over for over a year ...
Who will win the throne as top assassin and win the girl ??? - DirectorEdward YangStarsChang ChenLisa YangKuo-Chu ChangBased on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.A part-time school student/gangster gets tied into a love affair with a young girl from a rival gang turf. The girl is also in bed with his boss Honey, the underboss Sly, the school doctor, and his close friend Ma. The love affair will lead to some tragic accidents.
At the same time Sly is trying to unite all the rival gangs to take over Honey's gang, and this will lead to bloody affairs - DirectorTat-Chi YauJohnnie ToStarsChing Wan LauTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie SiuA corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. However, he meets a suspicious bald man named Tony, who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business.Two Triad Leaders, Mr. K and Mr. Lung, control the underground of Macau .. The Old Triad Lord, Mr. Hung, is upset he's been left out .. He orders for both groups to pay dues but instead , they decide to join forces to maximize business ..
Overnight , a rumor spreads Mr. K has ordered a hit on Mr. Lung for over 50 grand .. Negotiators from both sides have 24 hours to get to the bottom of this before things get ugly ..... Simultaneously a mysterious character arrives in town and is stirring up trouble everywhere he goes ..
Features: cop meeting K and getting mission, confrontation with Tony in diner, body in cop house with missing head, torturing rumor spreader, Tony showdown with Mark, Woo death outside club, framing on cop with witness, money, and head,, Tony speed racing and arrest, Mr. Lung shooting in bus station, mexican-standoff inside jail cell, final showdown in warehouse Tony and cop - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsZiyi ZhangTakeshi KaneshiroAndy LauA romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
- DirectorJohnnie ToStarsSimon YamKelly LinKa-Tung LamA gang of pickpockets roam the streets of Hong Kong.A band of pickpockets all fall for the same woman - who targeted them secretly because she has a job for them .. To rob a wealthy man who once aswell was a famous pickpocket, and save her from his entrapment
- DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatSimon YamAnn BridgewaterTwo disreputable friends get tied in with a group of criminals who turn out to be excessively violent and deceptive.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsAndy LauMaggie CheungJacky CheungMid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.Wong Kar-Wai shot at the "Heroic Bloodshed" ...
It's a miss - DirectorHark TsuiStarsChow Yun-FatTony Ka Fai LeungAnita MuiA man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.This isn't A Better Tomorrow. It's a love story. A cliched love story at that. The love story was just as confusing as their one-handed machine gun wielding spraying, missing all of their targets (yet somehow still landing) .. Action plot was a mess, whoever gave Hark Tsui a go on this movie instead of John Woo should be fined .
The main actress was gorgeous though , with that - 4/10 - DirectorWen JiangStarsChow Yun-FatWen JiangYou GeIn 1920s China, a bandit arrives in a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, where he faces off against a tyrannical local nobleman.Messy - 90% dialogue that'll put you to sleep
- DirectorYan HanStarsYifeng LiYunhe YiBingkun CaoA man finds himself deep in debt and is coerced to board a ship that hosts a risky gambling party.